This is how life was

 

...in the aspirational homes of the mid sixties.

What's interesting (amongst so many thoughts) is the TV Dinner tray and stand, but no TV. Weird.

Bonus - 

What A Bathroom

 

The bathroom of dreams and The Bathroom of Nightmares.

Sure, the fully enclosed bath with a scenic view is stunningly odd, but the big question is.

Who needs that many towels?

Bonus - rescue dog's poop-sniffing skills help save endangered killer whales

The Pink Bedroom (with the Nightmare pony)

 

Pink bedroom, with what looks like Gymkhana rosettes, and a large My Little Pony sort of thing.

But those black, soul-less eyes.  Surely a devil minion from Beelzebub's domain.

Bonus - How the UK will be affected by rising sea level (interactive.) ( 43 meter rise, and I have a seafront property. )

This is Me, Working From Home.

In response to very nearly one request, this is a selfie of me, working from home due to the current CoronaVirus lockdown.

As you can see, the facial fuzz has gone, and my usual "Work-Day = Tie-Day" outfit has been abandoned. Just be grateful that I didn't photograph "Naked Thursday".

More selfies in the future. Feel free to post your own WFH Selfies in the comments.

Bonus Humour

Home is where the Antler Chandelier is.

I can only assume that "It was acceptable in the Seventies".  I've a few other slides of this cabin...clearly the pride and joy of  someone.  Hmmm.   Interesting.

Bonus - Pigs ... Balloon ... Trigonometry ... Death

Bonus 2 -

Their New Home

No info for this slide, but I'm thinking that after decades of slums and inadequate rented accommodation, these two have finally been given a modern, clean, roomy council house.

Just a theory.

Bonus - An Edinburgh Pub has a ceiling light full of rubber ducks.

Bonus 2 - The frozen surface of Lake Baikal.

New Home, New Start

As usual, no info on this slide, but as usual, your brain often tried to make up a narrative to suit.

Like how Elsie and Sid spent decades in their tiny cramped tenement, at the mercy of the rent-man.

Until the council had had enough, and offered then a new semi in one of the sixties New Towns.

OK, the sense of community might not survive the move, but neither did the rats and filth.

Bonus - 

Help me

Green Onions

Home Sweet Home

Simple but home.  A couple of chums are buying a house, and I thought this might encourage them.  Hang in therem and soon they could be posing in front of their small, modern starter home.

With a bullhorn on the west wing.

Bonus - My Way - Drummer Steals The Show

Snow, Decorations and Homes

Yes, it's all coming together. Except for the snow. Derby is rather snow-light a the moment (are is common, to be honest). The rest of the UK may be shivering under a blanket of snow - Derby is shivering under an absence of snow.

Bonus - Extradition  for man accused of marinating cat

Milton, Maude and The Birdbox

Yes, it's the return of Milton and this time he's accompanied by the lovely Maude. Again, they're protecting the bird box. This time, there's a bird  using the birdbox, but it looks rather immobile, so there's a suspicion that Milton stuffs birds in his spare time.

Come to think of it, that might explain Maude facial expression.

Milton and the Bird-Box

Uncle Milton was proud of the bird-box in the front garden. VERY proud. And you can tell, can't you. Just out of shot is the shotgun that Uncle Milton used to protect that bird-box from marauding cats and critters.   "No tom-cat is gonna attack them fruit-warblers" he'd mutter to himself  all through night patrol.  The state found him a secure room to stay in soon after this.

NB. This was a colour Ektachrome slide from the early 1950's, but due to storage conditions, it's deteriorated and colour went a bit doo-lally. So, a monochrome version is probably the best you can expect.

No 6. The Upskirt Shot

"I wonder," I thought. "Is a provocative title for a post more likely to attract the wrong sort of surfer, or will it lead to fame, infamy and fortune?"   Let's find out !

Today's slide is a beauty, and as is traditional, it raises more questions than answers.  The two obvious questions for me - "Why?" and "What?"    Specifically, why was it taken, and what is that on the left-hand wall. To me, it looks like a feeding hatch big enough for a tray. Is Cousin Hunch Addams locked in a room, fed daily via the hatch, and scaring the neighbours with his unwordly moaning all night.   Could be !